Be The Star You Truly Are!

I now realize that those “Ancients” weren’t stupid. I can’t think of a group I’ve ever studied or read about, that lived close to the beginning of recorded time – or what we think was close to the beginning – that didn’t have “a day of rest” planned into their week.

It’s also interesting to me that the number seven comes up so often. The world was created in SEVEN days and then God (or the creative spirit or whatever words help you to connect) rested. The ancients must have copied that concept and created a seven day week. The seventh day was deemed to be a “rest” day, a day of prayer and thankfulness. People could actually slow down on that day and take a day off from work. We call it “religion”. It sounds like a wise labor union leader spoke with the officials of those ancient tribes. Later on the day was changed to Sunday – but I think that was just to show they were different. Seven days of work and then a day of introspection for each member of the group as well as the camaraderie of being together while not engaging in labor.

Men and women had to physically work hard to grow food and make warm coverings and keep their progeny physically alive. Today women look at being told what role to play as discriminatory. I think the roles that were created in ancient times were necessary for survival.

We still work hard, just with slightly different emphases on the activities we need to concentrate on. Both sexes now probably work harder mentally, However, I hear many men and women I know say that they’re thrilled to have a day off from work, be it at an office or at home – be it working for others or in their own business. They tell me they need the day off so that they can finally get their bills out or their reports or articles or songs written or their work emails answered, etc. etc. etc.

”A Day Off ”. What does that really mean?

The Ancients used wisdom rather than panic to make the choice of having an organized prayer time for the people who lived in their area. They created a time for them to go within and allow their minds to ponder the universe, what their purpose might be in that universe and the reasons they had to be thankful they were created. Of course, prayer time was a community meeting time and also seemed to me to provide a way to put forth a comforting order for the group. I believe the ancient beginnings of prayer days were instituted to give the people “a breather” and offer them the sense of safety that comes with community..

I’m recently finding that simply taking some breathing time is causing me to attract more business. There’s nothing else I’ve changed in the past few weeks. It’s not a new web marketing practice or a new area of study, etc. The only change I’ve made in my life is, I’m not working so hard! Does that make sense to you? It didn’t to me until I tried it. While meditating, I’ve realized that, in the past, I accomplished the most, when I periodically took time off – for ME. I always remember that I studied my butt off at Cornell. I thought I had to work doubly hard because I got in with some pull. **BUT – I’d forgotten that I always took a weekend day (well…most of one anyway) off to go to a Sports Event or, if there was none, to a movie and then dance my feet off to a band at a fraternity party that night!

Even with taking part of a day off each week, my good pal Billy used to say, “Horowitz – you overdo everything!” I think I “finally” understand what he meant.

Taking a day for yourself doing things that aren’t related to your work is very important, especially when you’re in your senior years. I’m seeing how a breather helps rejuvenate my mind. I love what I do – and a break can open my mind to see new thoughts! Then everybody can benefit.

Again – when I say, “A Day Off, I’m not talking about a day off from your job so you can work on your job. I’m talking about benefiting the total YOU: your work, your spirit and your joy. It’s giving me energy to get more work done when my mind is back from break time. However, getting that energy has to start somewhere.

As a woman I understand “woman’s work”. Even before it was expected that women started working, it was difficult for women to think in terms of a day off for themselves.

In the next post I’ll talk about how taking a couple of minutes every day for resting my own mind is helping. I’m developing a set of daily “mini-Qs”I’ll useto clear my mind so I can make wise decisions.

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BOBBIE’S BIO

Bobbie began her theatrical career as an actress, studying with Stella Adler, Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel. She appeared in over thirty NYC productions in theaters such as: Playwright’s Horizon’s, AMAS Rep., Hudson Guild, The Gene Frankel Theater, TNC, All Souls’ Players, and the Jean Cocteau Repertory. She also appeared in regional theater and summer stock, working with Jose Ferrer, Katherine Houghton and others.

Bobbie founded and served as Co-Executive/Artistic Director (1999-2006) of The Times Square Group, a not for profit, arts-in-education company, bringing arts education to students in New York City public high and junior high schools. The schools served ranged from arts focused schools to special schools for troubled students.

A half of the comic musical writing/performing team Horowitz & Spector, she won a MAC Award (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) for their show, Whatever Happened To the Kids From Brooklyn? Their songs have received NY Daily News, Billboard and ASCAP awards and have been played on theatrical musical country radio stations. The pair can be seen on You Tube. Tony winner, Chuck Cooper recorded their song, Together America”
. Bobbie now writes for cabaret performers and is writing a musical. She wrote a musical, The S.C.R.A.P. Workshop with John Meyer and was asked to write a special tribute the top earner of Isagenix. She performed the song at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.

She was Executive Producer of Drama Desk Awards 1999 & 2000 and Associate Producer in 2001. Bernadette Peters, Bebe Neuwirth and Lily Tomlin were the hosts respectively. As a commercial theater producer she presented, The Betrayal of Nora Blake, at The Jermyn Street Theatre in London, where it’s sold-out, extended production earned rave reviews and later at The Cuillo Centre for the Arts in West Palm Beach, where it was voted 'Best Musical” by The Palm Beach Post. In past years she produced Angel Street, A Black Girl Talks To God, Victims of Duty and The Great American Backstage Musical off and off-off Broadway.

Bobbie produced major events, among them the first annual Soap Opera Day Celebration along with Mayor’s Koch’s Office of Film, Television and Broadcasting, Ruth Warrick’s Confessions of Phoebe Tyler Book-Launch with guest Ruby Keeler, the Mr. Bill in Space Book-Launch for Real-Good Productions and a Salute to Viveca Lindfors. She co-produced the Farewell To Bowie Kuhn event, which included speakers Howard Cosell, Sonny Werblin and President Emeritus Gerald Ford for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

As an Image Consultant, Bobbie serves private clients and has given seminars at Queens College, NYU School of Film & Television, The NY State School of Industrial & Labor Relations, T. Schreiber Studio, the Learning Annex, trade conventions at The Javitz Center, for corporations and, most recently through The Network. Her article MAXIMPACT was published in the AICI news, She co-wrote the presentation for an Escada fashion tour and was quoted in Seventeen Magazine. Her new book, Find Your Mini Qs: Reveal the Star You Truly Are at 50,60,70 & Beyond! will be in print summer 2010 and her book You’re Looking At A Winner is being updated. She was VP-Education of the Tri-State Chapter of The Association of Image Consultants, International from 1991-1993.

Bobbie was educated in the NYC Public School system, at The New York State School of Industrial & Labor Relations at Cornell University (Class Marshall) and at Teachers’ College, Columbia University.